- Lab
- Security
Hunting for Suspicious HTTPS Traffic
In this lab, you'll explore detecting malicious HTTPS communications. Using Wireshark and custom scripts on Windows and Ubuntu systems, you'll analyze both standard and non-standard port traffic, differentiate encrypted sessions, and document suspicious network activities.
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Getting Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!
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Capturing and Analyzing HTTPS Traffic
In this lab, you'll explore detecting malicious HTTPS communications. Using Wireshark and other tools, you'll analyze both standard and non-standard port traffic, differentiate encrypted sessions, and document suspicious network activities.
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Identifying Suspicious Certificates and Handshakes
Investigate the integrity of SSL/TLS implementations and certificates in HTTPS communications to uncover sophisticated evasion tactics and potential C2 channels.
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The Last Challenge
Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.
What's a lab?
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